Question 1
A 54-year-old man has osmotic symptoms. His HbA1c is 68 mmol/mol and a repeat fasting plasma glucose is 8.1 mmol/L. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Diabetes mellitus
Question 2
A patient with type 1 diabetes has DKA. Glucose is 29 mmol/L, pH 7.12, bicarbonate 8 mmol/L and potassium 3.1 mmol/L. What should happen before starting IV insulin?
Correct Answer:
Replace potassium and delay insulin until potassium is safer
Question 3
A newly diagnosed patient with type 2 diabetes has HbA1c 61 mmol/mol, BMI 31 kg/m2 and eGFR 78 mL/min/1.73 m2. There is no acute illness or contraindication. Which drug is the usual first-line glucose-lowering therapy?
Correct Answer:
Metformin
Question 4
A conscious adult with diabetes is sweaty and confused. Capillary glucose is 2.8 mmol/L and they can swallow safely. What is the immediate treatment?
Correct Answer:
Give 15-20 g of fast-acting carbohydrate and recheck glucose
Question 5
Which advice is safest for a patient taking an SGLT2 inhibitor who develops vomiting, poor oral intake and dehydration?
Correct Answer:
Temporarily stop the SGLT2 inhibitor and seek ketone/clinical advice
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